HB 2906 - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Revises the juvenile justice act of 1977 to provide for the rehabilitation and reintegration of juvenile offenders.

Authorizes the juvenile court, if a juvenile offender is charged with animal cruelty in the first degree, to deny granting a deferred disposition to the juvenile, even if the juvenile otherwise may qualify for a deferred disposition.

Requires the judge to consider whether the community will benefit from granting a deferred disposition to the juvenile offender.

Addresses fines, community service, and electronic monitoring for juveniles adjudicated of taking a motor vehicle without permission in the first or second degree or theft of a motor vehicle.

Authorizes the prosecuting agency, after receiving a domestic violence offense report from a law enforcement agency, to choose not to file the information as a domestic violence offense if the offense was committed against a sibling, parent, stepparent, or grandparent.

Changes a court's notification requirements to the department of licensing with regard to a juvenile's first offense while armed with a firearm, or first offense in violation of certain firearm, alcohol, or drug laws.